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ἐγχάσκω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχάσκω ἐγχανοῦμαι ἐγχανεῖν

Structure: ἐγ (Prefix) + χάσκ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: as if from E)gxai/nw

Sense

  1. to gape
  2. to grin or scoff at

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐγχάσκω ἐγχάσκεις ἐγχάσκει
Dual ἐγχάσκετον ἐγχάσκετον
Plural ἐγχάσκομεν ἐγχάσκετε ἐγχάσκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐγχάσκω ἐγχάσκῃς ἐγχάσκῃ
Dual ἐγχάσκητον ἐγχάσκητον
Plural ἐγχάσκωμεν ἐγχάσκητε ἐγχάσκωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐγχάσκοιμι ἐγχάσκοις ἐγχάσκοι
Dual ἐγχάσκοιτον ἐγχασκοίτην
Plural ἐγχάσκοιμεν ἐγχάσκοιτε ἐγχάσκοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐγχάσκε ἐγχασκέτω
Dual ἐγχάσκετον ἐγχασκέτων
Plural ἐγχάσκετε ἐγχασκόντων, ἐγχασκέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐγχάσκειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐγχασκων ἐγχασκοντος ἐγχασκουσα ἐγχασκουσης ἐγχασκον ἐγχασκοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐγχάσκομαι ἐγχάσκει, ἐγχάσκῃ ἐγχάσκεται
Dual ἐγχάσκεσθον ἐγχάσκεσθον
Plural ἐγχασκόμεθα ἐγχάσκεσθε ἐγχάσκονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐγχάσκωμαι ἐγχάσκῃ ἐγχάσκηται
Dual ἐγχάσκησθον ἐγχάσκησθον
Plural ἐγχασκώμεθα ἐγχάσκησθε ἐγχάσκωνται
OptativeSingular ἐγχασκοίμην ἐγχάσκοιο ἐγχάσκοιτο
Dual ἐγχάσκοισθον ἐγχασκοίσθην
Plural ἐγχασκοίμεθα ἐγχάσκοισθε ἐγχάσκοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐγχάσκου ἐγχασκέσθω
Dual ἐγχάσκεσθον ἐγχασκέσθων
Plural ἐγχάσκεσθε ἐγχασκέσθων, ἐγχασκέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐγχάσκεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐγχασκομενος ἐγχασκομενου ἐγχασκομενη ἐγχασκομενης ἐγχασκομενον ἐγχασκομενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὧν οὕνεκ’ ἐγώ σ’ ἀπέκλῃον ἀεὶ βόσκειν ἐθέλων καὶ μὴ τούτουσ ἐγχάσκειν σοι στομφάζοντασ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antipnigos1)

Synonyms

  1. to gape

  2. to grin or scoff at

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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